Makes 6 eight-inch waffles
I know a magical place, where blueberries are always in season….my freezer!
For a long time, I had a fear of putting blueberry batter into my waffle iron. I mean, maybe it was a valid concern. The blueberries do sorta’ explode, and that could lead to burning. But I guess you can add “burnt blueberries” to the list of things I no longer fear. The thing is, they taste good. Call them “caramelized,” if you must. The trick is to spread the batter a bit, and close the lid slowly but firmly. You will get beautiful, evenly cooked waffles that are literally bursting with berries!
I love the texture of this waffle; a bit crispy from the oatmeal, but still deliciously moist from the applesauce. It’s the perfect way to start the day. Or, whatever, have waffles for dinner. See if I care!
If you’re looking for a waffle iron recommendation, I love my Cuisinart 8 inch waffle maker. I keep the heat on 3 most of the time. And if you’re in the Omaha area, come to my Vegan Waffle Party at the Omaha Public Library Read It And Eat Culinary Conference on Saturday November 3rd. Don’t forget your bib!
PS I really wanted to get a killer maple syrup food porn shot, but my camera battery died, and waffles wait for no man.
Notes
~ Slice leftover waffles and freeze them in a plastic freezer bag. Then just toast and serve whenever you need a waffle fix!
Ingredients
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup quick cooking oats
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk (or your fave non-dairy milk)
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
Directions
Cook in waffle iron according to manufacturer directions. In my 8 inch waffle iron, I use a heaping 1/2 cup of batter. Remember to spray or brush the iron with oil in between each waffle.
I’m going to make these RIGHT NOW! Thanks for using the white whole wheat; it’s my preferred flour! Your waffles are the best!
Hope to see you in Oakland this winter! XOXO
I will be making this this weekend! I have a killer belgian waffle maker that usually just sits there looking at me funny. My instructions call for 1 cup of batter, how many cups of batter does this recipe make?
Probably a little over 3 cups.
These look amazing. Any chance they can be made as pancakes instead? I have no waffle iron and probably won’t get one in the very near future, but I want these now! 😀
Try bake them as pancakes in the oven. 🙂
These are pretty wholesome for waffles. I had no idea berry explosions occurred with waffle batter, but that kind of makes me want to do it up, ha ha! 🙂 Vegan waffle party sounds like a blast, have fun with that!
oh, another Q-> I looked around for savory waffle recipes on the site but didnt see any on the site. Do you have any savory waffle ideas?
There are two in Vegan Brunch. If you don’t have it, I bet you can google and find the recipe!
Thank you for sharing this superdeliciousness! A waffle maker is going on my list of must haves, then this recipe. Cheers!
I would love some of these right now! Sadly, my freezer has no blueberries!
I’m pretty sure that ALL freezers come with a frozen blueberry maker.
I think my husband would love these! He has perfected the non-dairy pancake, but waffles are a bit more challenging.
I love waffles. I go through this neglect/overuse cycle with my waffle iron. I am sure she understands, right?
She forgives you.
Oh, how I wish Omaha was closer to London, Ontario! 🙂 Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Two new, delicious recipes in three days? Thank you for being awesome!!
come over to London. We’ll do a waffle party in your honour on arrival : )
Isa, I love u yet again! I am off sugars totally as they worsen my depression n anxiety so do u think these would be ok without the maple syrup?
They’d work, but not sure if they’d be pleasurable. What about trying apple juice concentrate?
Great idea, or agave syrup? Thx isa x
I was super excited about these waffles, but I had some problems. I have the exact same waffle maker as you, and I sprayed it before each waffle, and my waffles completely stuck to the maker. I had to scrape each one off, and they were a complete mess. We still ate them, of course, because they were yummy. But I was a little sad about the scraping/mess 🙁 Not sure what I did wrong. Maybe I’ll try them in my square Belgian waffle maker next time, to see if it was my waffle maker.
Amazing! We make your banana oatmeal raisin waffles all the time. Adding this to our rotation. Since we know how fantastic your waffles are I doubled to recipe. Left overs! Waffles with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, hmmmmm. Thanks Isa!
These tasted great but were a mess. All but one broke apart when I opened the waffle iron. The one that made it was a little darker than the others so I wonder if a longer cook time leads to more structurally sound waffles? I appreciate the healthy vegan recipes!
Someone else said that theirs broke! I would recommend using a tablespoon or two extra flour if the first one splits. It usually means the batter is too thin. When measuring flours (instead of weighing) it’s easy for one person to have a tablespoon or two more in their measuring cup, so I’m sure that’s all it is!
Love it. Will try it next week.
No one has an attitude when dishing out a recipe like you, Isa. Call me sappy. See if I care! These look like the best thangs since your lemon blueberry cornmeal waffles. And thanks for the waffle iron recc.; I would like to make waffles on occasions other than when I go visit my mother and father. We had waffles for dinner on the regs, which gave me street cred with the kids who thought my veg parents were weird.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that your recipes are healthier!! I love your VWAV book, but did make quite a few substitutions to make them less fatty or less salty or more whole grain. I now have your newer Appetite for Reduction and am so stoked! You do not disappoint! Thanks you so much!!!
Thank you for letting me know 🙂
Hi Isa,
I use your cookbook all the time – for years now – and when I just saw the houses burnt down in Queens, I thought, “I sure hope Isa’s mom is OK!” – as I recall reading that your mom lived there. Or was it you? But it looks like you are doing fine, thank goodness! I hope you are doing fine and your family is fine after the Hurricane. Sorry if I have any of my info. wrong.
I love waffles but it is a pain to make in the morning when I have an impatient toddler who will make your life a living hell until you give her breakfast! With that being said, These waffles were a HUGE hit with not only my household but my friends who I gave this link to and gave it a try. These waffles do freeze well and when you have an impatient toddler first thing in the morning, to pop a waffle in the toaster or in the oven to crisp up is easy peasy! Toddler problem solved 😉
PS- Unlike most waffles I have eaten, these will keep you full until lunch!!!
Those waffles look amazing! I love blueberries in just about anything, but I’ve never tried them in waffles. This is definitely something I need to investigate. 😀
Made these this morning! Oh my goodness, they were prefect!! thanks for this amazing recipe! Have tried these and the corncakes and I’m in love!!
I can’t have wheat flour right now for medical reasons. What about coconut flour?
These are awesome for “brinner” (breakfast for dinner). Made as a toast-replacement for my tofu scramble and roasted potatoes with onions. For me, I found using a bit less non-dairy milk (1-1 1/14 cup) seemed to make them less wet and less apt to slick to waffle maker. Yummy!
Made these for breakfast this morning, and they were great! I tripled the recipe (I was cooking for 8) and added a handful of flour because it looked a bit thin. Not sure it was necessary after the batter thickened. So yummy!
Your presentation is very appetizing and the description engages my senses. I’ll take your word for that, I mean I’ll follow your instruction to the letter because I can sense that blueberry on waffle is better than blueberry hotcake which I usually prepare. Thanks. Did you use instant oats or the quick cooking one?
We had these for a breakfast-for-dinner night a couple of weeks ago and they were wonderful. I used regular whole wheat flour and mashed banana instead of the applesauce (since I didn’t have any on hand). Found they needed to cook quite a bit in the waffle iron (longer than the iron thought on its own). And they froze and reheated nicely. Definitely a good, hearty waffle!
Yum! I’ll be making these in the near future! Thanks! 🙂
They were wonderful!!
i heard not all maple syrup is vegan ? Is that too ?
The Best waffles I’ve ever made. Can’t wait to make them again!!
These look so good! I’ll have to ask my mom where her waffle maker thingy is. I’m not much of a waffle/pancake person but man I can’t resist these! They’re making their way onto my menu sometime soon.
This recipe doesn’t require any egg? Usually egg is needed in most waffle recipes. Can anyone comment on this!?
My family and I are trying to become vegan. Waffles, pancakes and other baked goods have been our biggest challenge. My daughter LOVES waffles so I googled and found this one! These turned out DELICIOUS!!! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe to help us get started on our vegan diet. I don’t know exactly how your site works yet, but I will be revisiting to try other recipes. 🙂 What is the best way to contact you with questions? My youngest daughter will be 1 in 5 weeks and I am really wanting to make her a banana cake, b/c she loves bananas. Is there a recipe that you would recommend? Thank you for your time and for sharing your talent with those of us who need lots of help. lol
Melody – you are in good hands with this site! You can’t go wrong with Isa’s recipes! And the people on the message boards are beyond helpful with any question you can come up with. Happy 2013!
These waffles look yummy and healthy:) What a great recipe! Will definitely be trying this soon.
I am used to a fast food and microwavable diet but I’m trying Vegan for 3 weeks, Thank you for this wonderful Recipe, I’m waiting for my batter to thicken right now.
These tasted delish but totally fell apart in my waffle iron! Despite spray oil (and a nice, nonstick iron) both tops and bottoms stuck and the insides never quite cooked. Oh well, we enjoyed ’em anyway! Next time I’ll try defrosting the berries first, increasing the baking powder, and decreasing the almond milk. Second time’s a charm!
Update: I browsed the comments before making the last waffle in the batch and noticed someone else who was having fall-apart problems had luck letting it cook longer. So, I upped the doneness setting on my waffle iron and let the last waffle brown a bit longer at higher heat, and that one came out whole! So, maybe the heat level (set to the non-vegan recipe I used to cook – these were the first vegan ones I’ve made!) was just not high enough for these babies.
Oh good, I’m happy you worked it out!
making them right now ^_^
but i didnt have any blueberries, so i just used dried cranberries and soaked them in water for a while till they plumped up. Wont be as good but damn does it smell good. Also threw in some walnuts
and the ratio for batter is PERFECT for my little 3 1/2 inch waffle iron two times, so four waffles altogether
for those of you who have the same unfortunate gluten-intolerance as i, don’t fret! i made these with 1/3 cup each: brown rice flour, sorghum flour, and potato starch (any starch will do) in place of the wheat flour…and they turned out wonderfully! also used mashed banana instead of the applesauce as i didn’t have any on hand and i don’t grocery shop before noon. so yums. perfect for a rainy dreary day when all ya wanna do is eat a plate of maple covered blueberries and snuggle with you cats.
just did them with rasps instead of blueberries and they’re a STUNNER. thanks again for your inspiring recipes dear Isa <3 🙂
This came out great. Only modification I made was soaking tho oats in the almond milk for a bit before mixing…this is what I have done in a non vegan oatmeal pancakes. I also used a Belgian waffle maker, which produced about 2 waffles, so I will double next time for my family if 4, because the girls wanted more. Thanks for the great ideas.
I actually just made these as pancakes (because I don’t have a waffle iron and probably wont for many years to come and I just couldn’t wait to try these)….They turned out wonderful! All you have to do is make them a bit more liquid-y and use a little less of the oats to get a better pancake mix instead of the heavy thick waffle mix. While cooking you also have to mind the berries a bit more…because they will leak juice onto the pan making it a little sticky…but if you watch it carefully (and remove the sticky juice), re-oil after every pancake, then they come out just fine! They were delicious!